Virginia Haussegger AM

Conference Facilitator: Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis

Virginia Haussegger is Director of the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation and BroadAgenda’s Chief Editor. She is based at the University of Canberra’s Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis (IGPA), where she is an Adjunct Professor.
Virginia is also an award-winning television journalist, writer and commentator, whose extensive media career spans more than 25 years. For the past 15 years, Virginia has anchored the ABC’s flagship TV News in Canberra.
In 2014, Virginia was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the community, as an advocate for women’s rights and gender equity, and to the media.